[ditoa]

I have the same issues regarding load speed on large files. I am a long time UltraEdit user and it is the fastest editor on Windows for working with large files that I have found. Unfortunately UltraEdit has a pretty awful UX compared to modern software. It is still very much a Windows 9x app which kind of sucks. Also it has some annoying as hell Unicode issues which is why I ended up switching to Sublime Text for 99% of my work and just keep UltraEdit around for those one a month moments.

[stinos]

well I'm using Notepad++ atm and it's fast as well. It also has the awesome feature (Opera also has it) that you can close tabs by doubleclicking them. Once you get used to that it's extremely hard to not use it everywhere..

[mobweb]

OS X has CMD+W which also can be used almost everywhere, including Sublime Text, to close a tab.

[stinos]

yes I know. Practically everything under Windows uses Ctrl+W as well for closing tabs/windows.